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Article: Calloway, Colin G. The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America.(Book review)
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- International Social Science Review
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- September 22, 2008
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Calloway, Colin G. The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xvii + 219 pages. Cloth, $28.
Key years in modern history mark important departures from the past. In Western history, several of these transitional points come to mind: 1815 marked the end of Napoleon's reign and the beginning of a new European order; 1865 confirmed the primacy of the federal government and ended slavery in the United States; and, 1945 marked the collapse of Europe and ushered in an era of American supremacy in world affairs. Before those watershed years, however, there were the great changes resulting from the end of ...